Interesting dha

[Gavin Nugent]

Hi Ian,

The hilt is strange to me, Hmong Vietnam mountain flavour to my eye but the material is equally at home in mainland SEA and looks practical enough for a large knife.

The rest of it looks Burmese to me, the scabbard and its fitting types/design, the low quality repousse white metal and the blade. All typical features of Burmese Kachin swords.

I do not think the blade is recyled as there is a forward curve and the the rest of the features are typical Burmese...as far as pin pointing exact minority/region of Burma I dare not guess.

If I was to throw it out there I would consider it East Burmese Kachin region.

Gavin